March 26, 2020

The United States Government summoned Guyana’s Ambassador to the US Riyad Insanally on Thursday to sternly reiterate its position that it will not accept any Government which is sworn in using flawed elections results.
The meeting was…

A 20-year-old man is in Police custody in Region Nine after he allegedly beat a 48-year-old farmer to death with a piece of wood during an argument on Wednesday.
Dead is Leron Ault a.k.a Junior of Moco Moco Village, Central Rupununi.…

By Bibi Khatoon
Despite the current low oil prices, Guyana’s prospects remain bright, according to Chief Economist of the American Petroleum Institute, Dr Dean Foreman.
In an invited comment to the News Room, he noted that the…

Students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations in 2020 will do so in July in the wake of COVID-19 concerns.
All due dates have been extended by one…

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday noted that even if the High Court rules in favour of blocking the national recount, this will not change the concerns raised about the results of the March 2…

The Ministry of Public Health has a total of 31 persons under institutional quarantine following the arrival of 17 persons from Barbados on Wednesday night.
The 14 adults and three children returned home from Barbados after pleading with…

The Mayor and Town Council of Linden, Region 10 announced Thursday that a regional curfew will be implemented beginning Saturday, March 28 in an effort to lower the risk of spreading COVID-19.
The curfew will be in place for the next two…

It could be a good thing; it could be a bad thing. That’s how local athletics coach Julian Edmonds views the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Games were this week shifted to 2021 owing to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.…

See below full statement issued by the Guyana Elections Commission:
Incorrect Affidavit Filed in Defence of GECOM Chairperson in the Ulita Moore case
26 March 2020, GEORGETOWN – In an effort to meet strict timelines, an incorrect…

By Isanella Patoir
A confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in neighbouring Bonfim, Brazil has raised fears in Lethem, Region Nine prompting officials there to write the Army Chief of Staff, Brigadier Patrick West to have GDF…

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